How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time5 B, i6 x8 B+ U( l. M4 H9 Z
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6 D7 l+ S# C1 @ C* GThe clear and present danger
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. t7 W* k- v8 E) A5 f- WIf the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as
. v E/ Q! u7 U/ }5 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbpicturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over公仔箱論壇9 ~1 H& T% @' T
the country sparsely populated by humans.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. z! p# ]; |1 w2 [4 F* T. v. p
0 v4 U( ?0 s" ]) m公仔箱論壇A hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.& Z& k+ G/ M# P6 H, Q+ n
The tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many
/ U% X; h d1 U7 t4 ETVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to thoseTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* u7 r3 p, t8 q2 }, r( Z) m* a( k. |1 U
of migrants.os.tvboxnow.com/ `8 o/ t: I% g4 @5 O4 Y% J
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?os.tvboxnow.com( K% p, }4 \, J/ F% m4 B
. \5 @4 U* r' o8 x! h7 nTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sight
1 W- J6 u4 j1 n5 l9 z# W20 years later.5 w* s! Y* ?1 B
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He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays
1 ~$ H6 T8 m& c7 @& rin 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the
2 l4 ^! T& a0 n5 Z公仔箱論壇Chinese population less and less.
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The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because ofos.tvboxnow.com9 \+ R) K5 p0 E, a% v
the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,os.tvboxnow.com" {6 u! N% x9 N
but because those who could afford would have sent their children
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% ]3 g- M/ a7 d( ?2 d公仔箱論壇"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the/ b5 L& s4 v% J2 R+ _
country's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."
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Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems
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" @ d3 m' }7 M5 R! @公仔箱論壇MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarksTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 D, U0 o# r0 `5 I) d9 k
have touched the hearts of many a Malaysian.
6 j- G( o; P6 s( y( O0 yTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。
2 h' Q- B( t$ X8 ITVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we can9 n4 T) r0 G( R# @+ [* \3 p" F
imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a公仔箱論壇) a' f P4 g. O& J W) f! u* m
hundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to公仔箱論壇7 B1 Q% x: k8 b3 O
carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a
8 N2 J. D' s* n$ C% t0 W/ z# kTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。glimpse of one or two of them.公仔箱論壇: J0 U/ S: F& \; B+ K
+ @$ v9 _5 ~1 dTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we
. r2 E) _8 p" ^os.tvboxnow.comwill not be reduced to a rare species by then.os.tvboxnow.com! c3 M6 j0 Q1 y; P4 a9 ~' c2 o3 u
6 r {; z/ f/ K7 v2 {+ |" R公仔箱論壇The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady
, j: _+ f6 N% odecline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,
3 X8 V8 ^& H* p' w2 s% i% L公仔箱論壇they will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressiveos.tvboxnow.com8 O% q0 r( m6 G2 J
Islamisation.公仔箱論壇2 F* g8 R/ i5 N6 P/ r6 E$ V7 D+ _
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.
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9 Z& a% g7 ^5 G- NBut Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait
' b' M# N" r H5 r% `4 }os.tvboxnow.comhelplessly for such a destiny to befall them.
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( O4 L% y+ v( O/ c2 @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and公仔箱論壇- b% E3 T7 q- j# g' Y1 a& M* g
be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such aTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 W7 V3 O, H% z z; j$ k
predestination.
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2 h) \6 [3 h7 l; x. U2 P' `! C公仔箱論壇The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese2 M( g+ x% F2 w ~
Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and moreos.tvboxnow.com/ N. o' ?* L! j! s; b. o
ethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese: W- [) f4 y0 p
community is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will
0 p3 j) k7 |7 V+ a5 B2 y; q! f$ D0 pexit the country in droves.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 h- G) @6 G! r! a# _$ ~ P1 Q
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On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 I/ k# B3 {4 t* c
conflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, the公仔箱論壇, j: A1 ?; U1 N
common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit oftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb S# K% ^ y! \ e) \5 O
secularity stays very much relevant, then Chinese Malaysians will have a/ `7 N& u0 p' \
much more promising future here.os.tvboxnow.com4 J; m4 @5 G8 [! ?8 z- T* f9 ?
So will Malaysia .TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, e7 O# H' I; r9 X. \6 T
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important
2 ~9 K% y+ H1 W8 Y8 ros.tvboxnow.comelement for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will
+ x# D0 E3 h- H3 Los.tvboxnow.combe their very own competitiveness.os.tvboxnow.com/ ?; t1 V# q, P a! o& y/ r' E) r
# D4 h) R6 P+ N: Z5 D8 n1 r$ uIn this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
7 ^& J/ k1 Y" w; g$ ]' ros.tvboxnow.comobscured, people will find a greener pasture beyond our shores if ourtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; `0 R1 c! t r; z! C
internal conditions remain this bleak.
$ o; g' o' v9 P% VTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。
4 ~% v9 y+ E# z6 [& H& bTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years公仔箱論壇3 P; l9 M- q- y1 u5 s& V8 I
from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.os.tvboxnow.com: Q" Q# K; ]6 k7 D e X& d% a" m
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Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking
, W+ q; h5 E9 t1 o" jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbplace within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese
! {& m" m% b! j+ TTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。community further, blurring their vision of the clear and presenttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( y4 E$ z) U4 A4 U4 u
danger.公仔箱論壇& h* v% F% W. T+ O& x( z& K) ~7 H- V$ q
0 Q. Y8 I) s& u4 N' t/ `公仔箱論壇What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre andTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& @0 j# o2 K7 Q3 C9 ^
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